Stocker / Order Filler

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Checker Stocker; Inventory Technician (Inventory Tech); Label Maker; Marking Clerk; Order Filler; Order Picker; Stock Clerk; Stocker; Warehouse Technician (Warehouse Tech); Warehouse Worker

Tasks

• Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
• Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
• Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
• Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
• Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
• Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
• Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
• Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
• Requisition merchandise from supplier, based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
• Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
• Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
• Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
• Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
• Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
• Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language

Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension

Abilities

• Near Vision
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Manual Dexterity
• Static Strength
• Trunk Strength
• Extent Flexibility
• Oral Expression
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Selective Attention
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Multilimb Coordination
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity